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Sat 2019.11.16
Hey @DrAzzy a bit puzzled from the image shown and the tone of the response.
'raised to have an extreme disdain for that kind of stripper (The one robin and gordon showed a picture of)'
Which is 'that kind' ? The images I posted were of mechanical strippers, Gordon's a thermal type.
'I have now seen the light. Thermal wire stripping is just such a joy compared to the old way'
The statement indicates that using a thermal stripper is preferable, yet the image shown in #4 is that of an adjustable stripper.
Was the image to show the type of tool that you grew up with?
re: 'I was raised on these things'
Although I have used the Klein type as well as the adjustable, I've always found the offset opposing blades would nick the wire, whereas the hand clamp type has a matching same side cutter blade arrangement. Maybe I just lucked out with a pristeen set of blades, which incidentally, are adjustable.For the thermal stripper, as I pointed out in #3, we were using those thirty five years ago in a manufacturing environment USA and definitely sped up the stripping process.
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I was raised to have an extreme disdain for that kind of stripper (The one robin and gordon showed a picture of). My father spoke ill of them every time they came up, and presented them as a "well, this might be easier while you're new to stripping wires" type thing - I was raised on these things... of course as I said when I started this thread an eon ago, I have now seen the light. Thermal wire stripping is just such a joy compared to the old way (it was often more than a third of the time a project took to wire up!)